FRAME-UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does frame-up mean? 

• FRAME-UP (noun)
  The noun FRAME-UP has 1 sense:

1. an act that incriminates someone on a false charge

  Familiarity information: FRAME-UP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRAME-UP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An act that incriminates someone on a false charge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

frame-up; setup

Hypernyms ("frame-up" is a kind of...):

falsehood; falsification (the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting)

 Context examples 

Here's the frame-up.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)